19 Oct 1961
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1961
Page
1
Freshman Tom Sears of Texas Tech writes praising The Sun and Whitewright’s Here and There column. He commends Uncle Dan Spice of Life and the Sun’s colorful reporting as enjoyed by dormitory brothers in Lubbock and West Texas.
The Bells Methodist Church barbecue will be held in the Bells school lunchroom Saturday from 5 to 9 PM. Adults pay a dollar and children under 12 fifty cents, both with sales tax included.
Dr. Robert Morris of New York author of No Wonder We Are Losing will speak at the First Methodist Church in Whitewright on Tuesday night October 24 at 7 30 Sponsored by the Friday Literary Club and local civic groups Mrs Hight president Wilkerson area TV features recent appearances by Morris former chief counsel of the United States Senate Internal Security Subcommittee expects a large audience Tuesday night
Sherman welcomed a new $45,000 Grayson County Crippled Children’s Treatment Center at open house. Harold Russell praised local donations that funded the one story facility near Wilson N. Jones Hospital, serving 29 children and six adults with a school and therapeutic swimming pool.
Grayson County 4-H clubs including Whitewright Tom Bean Southmayor Van Alstyne Gordonville Tioga Georgetown Willow Springs Golden Rule County Wide South Gate Pottsboro Gunter and the Wranglers completed officer elections. Whitewright and Tom Bean clubs named presidents vice presidents secretaries reporters and delegates for both junior and senior groups.
The Agriculture Department cut the 1962 cotton planting allotment by 1.9 percent to 18,101,718 acres from 18,458,424 in 1961, a loss of 356,706 acres. A Dec 12 grower referendum on marketing quotas will accompany the allotments if at least two thirds vote yes. quotas have never been rejected.
Premier Khrushchev told 5000 delegates at the Kremlin that peace and capitalism’s collapse will yield a world with no war or want by 1980 if the current peace holds. He described a peaceful Soviet victory over the United States and invited Latin American Asian and African nations to embrace socialism. He also outlined no war as a principal foreign policy aim and forecast a tilt toward the socialist system as key to global development. Bronze or copper oxhide slabs valued as talents were used as money in the eastern Mediterranean from 1600 to 1000 B C.
A reader criticizes postwar English austerity while lampooning government pamphlets. He cites items like Calf Rearing and Women Wife and Worker to mock costs and state control, notes publication by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, and jokes about American access via Rockefeller Plaza.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said at a Newark news conference he would walk out of a fallout shelter if his family were exposed in an attack. He noted he had not found a “proper” answer to Civil Defense adequacy and avoided building a Gettysburg farm shelter to avoid alarm. He urged Americans to dispel uneasiness, stressing the United States as a free nation.
Gus Jones of the Sherman social security office urges private home workers such as maids and cooks to ensure earnings are reported and taxes paid. Details cover quarterly cash wages, name and social security number on records, and varying work quarter requirements for retirement or disability benefits with survivor options.
Chicago Sun Times reports Defense Secretary McNamara weighing elimination of the manned bomber as a U S weapon amid Air Force and Congressional opposition. Preliminary judgment says bombers may become obsolete soon despite current B-47 B-52 B-58 fleet.
Houston 119813 loss cases reported 49596 closed and 40553 inspected as payments of more than 18 million are approved for Texas policyholders. B P L Carden general adjuster for the National Board of Fire Underwriters confirms the figures.
In Marietta Georgia the local post office reports another mail misdirection when a letter addressed to a prisoner in the county jail bore the envelope instruction care the Cross Bar Hotel The odd delivery reflects ongoing mail routing problems in the area
A concise aphorism noting that a well formed man orbits the same opinions as oneself, implying judgment of character by alignment of beliefs.
Whitewright faces Van Alstyne in a key district clash after losses by both teams. Van Alstyne seeks revenge for last year’s 34 0 defeat as district realignments place Whitewright in 16 A with Honey Grove Fannin Del Ladonia and S S, while Celina Whites boro Pilot Point move districts.
An October warning explains how carbon monoxide from car exhaust can cause drowsiness and accidents. Tips include leaving a small window open, avoiding running the engine in enclosed spaces, and ensuring exhaust systems are leak free to prevent poisoning. Doze at the wheel can be fatal. pull over and rest.
House Simple Resolution No. 69 from the First Called Session of the 57th Legislature orders arrest and prosecution for snagging or jerking fish. Captain E. M. Sproutt, director of law enforcement, warns wardens to enforce the ban. The note cites tail race waters near impoundments as problem areas.
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